{"product_id":"steering-the-senate-the-emergence-of-party-organization-and-leadership-1789-2024-hardback-9780521883528","title":"Steering the Senate; The Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789–2024 (Hardback) 9780521883528","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSteering the Senate\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789–2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA landmark account of how party competition drove the invention of floor leadership and created the modern Senate.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGerald Gamm (Author), Steven S. Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521883528, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e496 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.821 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Gamm and Smith bring clarity to what often have been murky historical narratives and provide a depth of detail that has not been known previously … This book should find a place on the shelf of any historian of American politics and political institutions.' Daniel S. Holt, Society for U.S. Intellectual History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Senate majority and minority leaders stand at the pinnacle of American national government – as important to Congress as the speaker of the House. However, the invention of Senate floor leadership has, until now, been entirely unknown. Providing a sweeping account of the emergence of party organization and leadership in the US Senate, Steering the Senate is the first-ever study to examine the development of the Senate's main governing institutions. It argues that three forces – party competition, intraparty factionalism, and entrepreneurship – have driven innovation in the Senate. The book details how the position of floor leader was invented in 1890 and then strengthened through the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Drawing on the full history of the Senate, this book immediately becomes the authoritative source for understanding the institutional development of the Senate – uncovering the origins of the Senate party caucuses, steering committees, and floor leadership.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Individual goals and senate party organization\u003cbr\u003e 2. Presiding officer, 1789–1914\u003cbr\u003e 3. Caucus, 1789–1879\u003cbr\u003e 4. Steering Committee, 1856–1913\u003cbr\u003e 5. Arthur Pue Gorman, the Federal Elections Bill, and the invention of Elected Floor Leadership, 1890–1913\u003cbr\u003e 6. Leaders and whips, 1913–1924\u003cbr\u003e 7. Divergent paths and the consolidation of leadership structures, 1923–1944\u003cbr\u003e 8. Party infrastructure, 1945–1980\u003cbr\u003e 9. Polarization, competition, and centralization, 1981–2024\u003cbr\u003e 10. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52316758343960,"sku":"9780521883528","price":101.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780521883528i.jpg?v=1781824007","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/steering-the-senate-the-emergence-of-party-organization-and-leadership-1789-2024-hardback-9780521883528","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}